Off. vs Silence

Track the time you consciously turn off your phone and free yourself from the Skinner box of the smartphone. As you accumulate more time, you'll release metaphorical birds from their cages.

Silence only works when you go offline. Turn on Airplane Mode and you take off. The timer starts and your plane sets out for the next city. Turn your connection back on and you land. Ten minutes of silence carries you to the next city. Twenty cities make one lap around the world — Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Bangkok, Dubai, Paris, London, New York, Sydney, São Paulo, and home again. HOW IT WORKS • Turn on Airplane Mode. That is the entire interface. • Write down whatever comes to mind, if anything does. • Come back, land, and see where you arrived. WHAT IS INSIDE • A journey that only advances while you are unreachable • Ranks that rise with your total time in silence — flights and cities do not count, only the hours • Cabin sound: a quiet engine hum generated on the device, no network needed • A flight log with a calendar of your quiet days • Lock Screen and Dynamic Island keep the flight visible while your phone stays face down NO SUBSCRIPTION. NO ADS. NO ACCOUNT. Silence is free. Nothing is locked behind a payment, because charging someone for being quiet makes no sense. Nothing you write ever leaves your phone — there is no server. The hours you cannot be reached are the ones that add up.